单词 | uncompelled |
释义 | uncompelledadj. (un- prefix1 2.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > not compelled or forced unconstrainedc1386 undistraineda1400 uncompelled1470 unastrainedc1480 uncommandeda1535 uncoacted1545 unforced1605 unenforced1607 undriven1615 incoact1616 incoacteda1676 unnecessitated1712 uncoerced1791 1470–1 Rolls of Parl. VI. 233/1 The other pety Capytaynes affermed to be trewe at their Dethes, uncompelled, unstured or undesired soo to doo. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. O j b Thear wear but fewe of Lordes..and gentlemen in the feld, but..did thearin right willyngly & vncompeld their partes. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. i. f. iiiiv They..runne vncompelled, and doe more than al the whole law requireth. 1621 G. Sandys tr. Ovid First Five Bks. Metamorphosis i. 4 The Golden Age was first; which vncompeld, And without rule, in Faith and Truth exceld. 1648 R. Boyle Seraphic Love (1700) xxv. 152 The amorous Needle, once joyn'd unto the Load-stone, would never uncompell'd forsake the inchanting Mineral. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 420 But..swear, To keep my voyage from the royal ear, Nor uncompell'd the dang'rous truth betray. 1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xii. 9 Still uncompell'd, He would not yield dominion of his mind. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iv. 154 Of course the people came in uncompelled. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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